2021 PGA Tour Comebacks

[MiuraMan]

I'll take the easy choice Rory - He may not win; but he is finishing high every week.

[boogielicious]

I like all the players listed, but it is hard for me to pick #6 Rory as a comeback. I’m going with Fowler. He’s had a nose dive recently. Brooks is recovering from injury, as is Tiger. Jason has to get his back and vertigo straightened out.

[Darkfrog]

I picked Brooks. If he's healthy and can muster up some of his 2017-2019 game, I think he'll do well.

I'm a Rickie fan, but I don't see him getting it together anytime soon, plus I don't like the way his rev33 irons look.

I'd say that Rory is probably the favorite of the bunch, but 2020 was an odd year for him so I'm not sure if a good 2021 season of earnings would count as a comeback. I don't know if 2020 was really representative of the state of Rory's game because didn't play much, and the birth of his first kid (life changing event) maybe effected his priorities a bit.

As much as I want to, I don't see Tiger doing much, especially after the latest back surgery.

Jason Day seems to have an ongoing string of injuries and illnesses, and I can't remember him looking like a serious contender in recent times.

[mchepp]

Has to be Rory, right?

[klineka]

24 minutes ago, Darkfrog said:

I'd say that Rory is probably the favorite of the bunch, but 2020 was an odd year for him

He finished 8th on the money list last year, earned over 4x the tour average, and made over 2x the next closest person on the list above, how is that an odd year?

He made more than Tiger and Day (the next two closest to Rory from that list) combined and they played in a combined 24 events while Rory only played in 15.

I voted Rory obviously, especially since the way the question was phrased makes it seem like you are asking which player will finish highest on the money list, not which player will have the highest dollar increase or percentage increase over last season. 

In the past 2 years (2019 and 2020) only 1 person on that list beat Rory in season earnings and that was Koepka in 2019 when Koepka was #1 and Rory was #2 in earnings for the season, and Rory was ahead of 3rd place by ~1.5M. Koepka certainly doesn't seem to be anywhere near his 2019 form, so Rory should be the overwhelming favorite IMO.

[Darkfrog]

2 minutes ago, klineka said:

He finished 8th on the money list last year, earned over 4x the tour average, and made over 2x the next closest person on the list above, how is that an odd year?

You're right. I saw him at 31st, but I was looking at the wrong list (2021), and attributed it to lack of play due to pandemic and birth of his kid. Really not an awful season at all. Still kind of supports my take that I wouldn't consider 2021 a year where he's coming back from a bad season, although maybe by Rory's standards 2020 was not great.

[MiuraMan]

21 minutes ago, klineka said:

I voted Rory obviously, especially since the way the question was phrased makes it seem like you are asking which player will finish highest on the money list, not which player will have the highest dollar increase or percentage increase over last season. 

Excellent point; the highest %increase would be more indicative of a "comeback"

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, Darkfrog said:

I picked Brooks. If he's healthy and can muster up some of his 2017-2019 game, I think he'll do well.

I like watching Brooks play, but he seems off still and a bit portly. That may indicate he’s not quite healthy yet.

[iacas]

On 2/2/2021 at 1:28 PM, mchepp said:

Has to be Rory, right?

Yes.

[billchao]

Why no Anthony Kim?

[Golfingdad]

30 minutes ago, billchao said:

Why no Anthony Kim?

Clicked on this thread after watching Hunter Mahan hole out for an eagle today.  I didn't even know he still played at all.  I vote him!! 🙂

[jmanbooyaa]

What happened to Mahan, completely disappeared. 

[Vinsk]

On 2/2/2021 at 1:57 PM, MiuraMan said:

Excellent point; the highest %increase would be more indicative of a "comeback"

Why not Spieth? Hopeless?

[MiuraMan]

1 hour ago, billchao said:

Why no Anthony Kim?

We'll make him a write-in 😍

[MiuraMan]

Player              2020 Earnings         Events

Rory                 4,408,415                15

Tiger                2,083,038                 7

Day                  1,943,898                 17

Spieth              1,138,146                  17

Koepka             1,123,227                 13

Fowler              947,309                    14

Kim                   0                               0

[iacas]

2 hours ago, Golfingdad said:

Clicked on this thread after watching Hunter Mahan hole out for an eagle today.  I didn't even know he still played at all.  I vote him!! 🙂

He has to pay for the mortgage on that Texas mansion, man!

I wonder if he learned to chip yet.

[ncates00]

I picked JDay. He’s been flying under the radar for a bit. It’d be cool to see him in contention a lot more. 

[GolfLug]

I picked Brooks because everyone else picked Rory. Tiger is prepping for a comeback in 2022.